Abbreviation for vasoactive intestinal polypeptide.
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VIP abbr vasoactive intestinal peptide; vasoactive intestinal polypeptide
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a peptide hormone produced by cells of the pancreas. Large amounts of this hormone cause severe diarrhoea (see VIPoma).
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vasoactive intestinal polypeptide.Medical dictionary. 2011.